http://simonwillison.net/2009-01-18T10:16:34+00:00Simon Willison2009-01-18T10:16:34+00:002009-01-18T10:16:34+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/18/apple/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/apple-shows-us-drms-true-colors">Apple shows us DRM&#x27;s true colors</a></strong></p> The EFF reviews the various places that Apple still applies DRM (including locking iPhones to carriers, licensing authentication chips for iPod accessory vendors, preventing OS X from loading on generic PCs) and concludes that “the majority of these DRM efforts do not have even an arguable relation to ’piracy.’” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/eff">eff</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/iphone">iphone</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipod">ipod</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/macos">macos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/piracy">piracy</a></p>

2007-10-08T21:10:16+00:002007-10-08T21:10:16+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Oct/8/convenience/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=127">Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context</a></strong></p> Fantastic presentation from Ian Rogers, the head of Yahoo! Music, who has spent 8 years watching DRM cripple the online music industry. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ian-rogers">ian-rogers</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/music">music</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo">yahoo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo-music">yahoo-music</a></p>

2007-09-25T16:30:11+00:002007-09-25T16:30:11+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Sep/25/sil/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2007/09/25/drm-free-mp3-downloads-from-amazon">DRM-free MP3 downloads from Amazon</a></strong></p> The good: they have what looks like the entire Universal and EMI catalogues in DRM-free 256bit MP3s. The bad: you need a US billing address! So close... <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/amazon">amazon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/emi">emi</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mp3">mp3</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/stuart-langridge">stuart-langridge</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/universal">universal</a></p>

2007-09-21T23:20:39+00:002007-09-21T23:20:39+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Sep/21/digital/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000134651">Amazon guide to ripping your CDs</a></strong></p> “Many of our customers have already figured out that one cheap way to get DRM-free MP3 files is to buy them on CD and rip them themselves.” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/amazon">amazon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cds">cds</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/funny">funny</a></p>

2007-08-14T12:41:02+00:002007-08-14T12:41:02+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/14/google/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070812-google-selleth-then-taketh-away-proving-the-need-for-drm-circumvention.html"><p>By picking up its marbles and going home, Google just demonstrated how completely bizarre and anti-consumer DRM technology can be.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070812-google-selleth-then-taketh-away-proving-the-need-for-drm-circumvention.html">Ken Fisher</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/arstechnica">arstechnica</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dontbeevil">dontbeevil</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google-video">google-video</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ken-fisher">ken-fisher</a></p>

2007-08-11T08:33:47+00:002007-08-11T08:33:47+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/11/google/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-08-11-n74.html"><p>In an effort to improve all Google services, we will no longer offer the ability to buy or rent videos for download from Google Video [...] After August 15, 2007, you will no longer be able to view your purchased or rented videos.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-08-11-n74.html">Google Video e-mail</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dontbeevil">dontbeevil</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google-video">google-video</a></p>

2007-05-11T15:47:59+00:002007-05-11T15:47:59+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/May/11/freedom/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1156">HBO Exec Wants to Rename DRM</a></strong></p> “... until recently nobody had complained that the term ’Digital Rights Management’ was insufficiently Orwellian.” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ed-felten">ed-felten</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hbo">hbo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/orwellian">orwellian</a></p>

2007-04-08T18:08:31+00:002007-04-08T18:08:31+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Apr/8/mark/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/96"><p>There are some ideas that are broken, but attractive enough to some people that they are doomed to be tried again and again. DRM is one of them.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/96">Mark Shuttleworth</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mark-shuttleworth">mark-shuttleworth</a></p>

2007-02-17T18:58:13+00:002007-02-17T18:58:13+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/17/daring/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://daringfireball.net/2007/02/macrovision_translation">Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso&#x27;s Response to Steve Jobs&#x27;s &quot;Thoughts on Music&quot;</a></strong></p> By John Gruber. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/john-gruber">john-gruber</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/steve-jobs">steve-jobs</a></p>

2007-02-07T13:34:51+00:002007-02-07T13:34:51+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/7/daring/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://daringfireball.net/2007/02/reading_between_the_lines">Reading Between the Lines of Steve Jobs&#x27;s &#x27;Thoughts on Music&#x27;</a></strong></p> John Gruber’s analysis. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/john-gruber">john-gruber</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/music">music</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/steve-jobs">steve-jobs</a></p>

2007-02-07T02:26:18+00:002007-02-07T02:26:18+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/7/steve/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/"><p>If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/">Steve Jobs</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/steve-jobs">steve-jobs</a></p>

2007-02-07T02:25:21+00:002007-02-07T02:25:21+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/7/apple/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/">Thoughts on Music</a></strong></p> Steve Jobs comes out against DRM, lays the blame squarely on the big four music companies. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/steve-jobs">steve-jobs</a></p>

2007-02-06T00:55:22+00:002007-02-06T00:55:22+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/6/drm/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.songbirdnest.com/node/1262">Running the DRM Gauntlet</a></strong></p> DRM war stories from the Songbird team. Windows Media and QuickTime both block debuggers in different ways. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quicktime">quicktime</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/songbird">songbird</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/windowsmedia">windowsmedia</a></p>

2007-01-10T23:05:11+00:002007-01-10T23:05:11+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/10/aacs/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1106">AACS: Extracting and Using Keys</a></strong></p> Another DRM system bites the dust, this time when it’s only just made it out of the gate. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/aacs">aacs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/futility">futility</a></p>

2006-12-24T10:34:12+00:002006-12-24T10:34:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/24/vista/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt">A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection</a></strong></p> Vista’s content protection is a nightmare for hardware manufacturers and consumers alike. It’s far worse than even BoingBoing readers would expect. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/57243">MetaFilter</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/contentprotection">contentprotection</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vista">vista</a></p>